I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD

 

SCRIPTURE John 10:9-11,14-15,27-30 I AM the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. . . . I AM the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. . . . My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I AM the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

OBSERVATION Jesus-I AM the Door to salvation . . . I AM the Door to abundant life . . . I AM the Good Shepherd Who gives His life for the sheep, Who gives them eternal life . . . I AM the Resurrection and the Life.

APPLICATION Salvation is mine . . . abundant life is mine . . . eternal life is mine all because of Jesus, my Good Shepherd.

PRAYER Thank You Jesus for opening the door to salvation, abundant and eternal life.

My Refuge, Strength, and Help

  Scripture Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble- (An abundantly available help )  

Observation In the midst of trouble, my God is an abundantly available Help, a place where I find refuge and strength.

Application No matter what may come my way, my God provides an abundance of help, strength, and protection.

Prayer Thank You, Father, for being my constant, abundant source of help, strength, and protection.

Beyond Abundance

 

 Scripture Psalms 86:5, 13, 15  For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

 For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

Observation You, Lord, are good, forgiving, compassionate, gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

Application All that You are is beyond my comprehension, yet You offer it all up to me and for me.

Prayer Father, thank You for Your goodness, forgiveness, compassion, grace, longsuffering, mercy, and Truth, all beyond measure and comprehension, all poured out to and for me.

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"There is nobody like Jesus!"

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, for You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities. ~Psalm 31:7

Dark clouds, clapping thunder, rushing wind, pounding rain,...fulfilling His Word. "I will Praise You in this storm".

Lord, help me to live the abundant life that You provide for me. I know it can only be found in You.

Whatever you are facing today, the power of the living Lord Jesus is more than adequate to handle it.

Father, You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. ~Psalm 15:11

IMMEASURABLE ABUNDANCE

He came to bring us abundant life…blessings abounding, overflowing…abundant satisfaction, abundant joy…linger, be still/quiet in His presence and listen, ask Him to speak to your heart...wait on Him and He will lead and strengthen/empower you…abundant grace, sufficiency, infinite/immeasurable/inexhaustible…anything good God tells/asks you to do He will give you what you need. Today may we seek, know,share, live,experience all the immeasurable abundance He came to bring us.